Thesaurus results for SWISHED

swished

verb

past tense of swish

as in hissed

to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\ with their satin costumes swishing, the little ballerinas chasséd onto the stage

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as in flapped

to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions the horse's tail swishes after every jump

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Recent Examples of swished Waiters swished past with little pots of lemon sorbet and glasses of Sprankel, a sparkling wine from Babylonstoren, Roos and Bekker’s farm and hotel in South Africa’s Franschhoek wine valley. — Mary Holland, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2026 This was supposed to be magic, swished in from waaaaay downtown. — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 27 June 2026 Over the outstretched arm of Dream star Angel Reese, Thornton swished a 3-pointer to extend Golden State’s lead to 13. — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 25 June 2026 In one of the top games, Atlanta’s Paul Parks took a 6-2 lead over Miami’s Byrd Daniel III, before Daniel swished two straight behind the arc to tie it at six points. — Jason Beede, Sun Sentinel, 16 May 2026 Citron swished a shot from half-court but didn't release the ball before the buzzer. — ABC News, 15 May 2026 Edwards hit a buzzer-beating 31-footer at the end of the first quarter, and McDaniels swished a 3-pointer from the wing to end the first half with a 51-all tie. — CBS News, 9 May 2026 The video shows Chalamet pull up for an impressive-looking three-point shot over one of his two friends from the top of the arc that swished through the net. — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026 The crowd was scattered and some left early on the Monday evening, but fans still created plenty of noise when the Lynx swished home 3-pointers and made strong defensive plays. — Pj Green april 28, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026

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Verb

Wynn said the alligator started to get agitated and even opened its mouth and hissed at her.

— Steven Yablonski, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
The sky lay pure and blue and a cool dry wind hissed down upon them from the plains.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 July 2026

Definition of hissed

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Above the dancers flapped a ring of American flags, each representing a military veteran from the community who had passed away.

— Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Luna then tried to jump over Sandy to get back into the bowl of the nest, but Sandy lost her balance and flapped down to the lower branches.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 July 2026

Definition of flapped

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Near the left corner of the 6-yard box, Pereyra turned and flicked a shot inside the back post.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
The toads had gone rogue, consuming native frogs, birds, insects, small marsupials, even Ping-Pong balls and cigarette butts flicked toward them at pubs—almost everything except the swarms of sugarcane beetles they had been imported to feed on.

— Kimon de Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of flicked

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Prices of the precious commodity have swung dramatically from one season to the next, particularly as issues such as climate change, water scarcity and pest and disease pressures persist.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
The club opted against a lengthy pre-season trip to North America, Oceania, or East Asia, preferring a smaller-scale tour in which the squad swung back to the Carrington training ground after playing across a host of European cities.

— Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of swung

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Many a club’s board would have twitched in the face of the bare data, but the chain of command above Arteta stayed the course, and the FOMO is so high that tickets for Palace away this weekend are going for £45,000 ($60,000) on resale sites.

— Phil Hay, New York Times, 21 May 2026
My jaw twitched uncontrollably.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026

Definition of twitched

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But in 1933, within a matter of days, they were jerked back into reality.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026

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